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THE MVULA TRUST

National department / entity · 458 published awards, 2021Q2 to 2026Q1

Based on tenders published to the National Treasury eTenders portal. Municipalities and SOEs are not obliged to publish here: absence of data is not absence of procurement. Coverage for this buyer: 72% of its published awards carry a usable value; geography inferred from the name.

What it buys (7 categories)

Construction · 307 awards (67.0%)Construction307 awardsConstruction of buildings · 94 awards (20.5%)Construction of buildings94 awardsServices: General · 39 awards (8.5%)Services: General39 awardsServices: Professional · 14 awards (3.1%)Services: Pr…14 awardsProfessional, scientific and technical activities · 2 awards (0.4%)Other professional, scientific and technical activities · 1 awards (0.2%)Specialised construction activities · 1 awards (0.2%)
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Distinctive vs the national mix (RCA ≥ 1.5): Construction, Construction of buildings.

Awards per quarter

2021Q1: 0 awards2021Q2: 39 awards2021Q3: 3 awards2021Q4: 34 awards2022Q1: 0 awards2022Q2: 1 awards2022Q3: 23 awards2022Q4: 32 awards2023Q1: 64 awards2023Q2: 33 awards2023Q3: 30 awards2023Q4: 28 awards2024Q1: 30 awards2024Q2: 42 awards2024Q3: 12 awards2024Q4: 10 awards2025Q1: 6 awards2025Q2: 29 awards2025Q3: 33 awards2025Q4: 7 awards2026Q1: 2 awards2026Q2: 0 awards202120222023202420252026

Typical award value vs the national median

Bounded medians over awards with usable values only; small samples are excluded. A ratio above 1 means this buyer's typical award in the category is larger than the national typical award, which can reflect scope, project size or pricing.

CategoryThis buyerNationalRation
ConstructionR161mR45m3.6×293
Construction of buildingsR472mR37m12.9×22
Services: ProfessionalR22mR9m2.5×12

Method mix

  • Open tender: 371 (81%)
  • RFQ: 48 (10%)
  • RFP: 33 (7%)
  • Other: 6 (1%)

Median advertised window: 18 days (national median 19).

Supplier concentration

336 distinct winning firms. The largest takes 2% of awards; concentration index (HHI) 0.00.

Largest winners by award count: VUMILE CONSULTING AND PROJECTS (7), TALA 3D (5), MATAKANYE CONSTRUCTION (4).

Names restate the published award record; nothing analytic is attached to any name, and concentration is a market-structure observation, not an accusation: small buyers and specialist categories concentrate naturally. Right of reply →

Buyers with similar baskets

Nearest procurement mixes by revealed specialisation (cosine similarity), regardless of sphere or size. Descriptive, not a comparison of performance.

Categories at least two of these peers award that THE MVULA TRUST hasn't published awards in: Rental and leasing activities (3 peers), Civil engineering (2 peers). A gap can be a choice as easily as an omission.